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• Gerrit Knaap († 1821)
• Bernardus Matten, Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1853)
• Arie Dirks DE BRUIJN, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christian Wied, Schwarzenau, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Claas Heimeriks van der Veen, Harderwijk († 1854)
• Elizabeth PAGE, Warren, Litchfield, Connecticut († 1825)
• Anthonia_Jacoba Rinia_van_Nauta, Ljouwert
• Agnes RAU, Gehn / Kommern
• Catrina Beek, Medemblik
• Elizabeth van Asten, Gouda

• Anna Elizabeth Hoffenstein (76), Eppingen, Heilbronn, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
• Gerrit Klaasz RAGGERS, Alkmaar
• Frans Elbertsen Makker (65), Eemnes
• Cornelius Van Der Jeught, Denderbelle
• Jan Westerbaan (74), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Jacobs, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Perrine THOMAS, Puymaufrais, 85480, France
• Elisabeth Johanna Cool (76), Amersfoort
• Elizabeth Johanna Kool, Amersfoort
• Livinus Maes (74), Aartrijke,8211,West-Vlaanderen,België

• 1752 » Samuel Smith, American general and politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat († 1793)
• 1768 » Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter († 1839)
• 1773 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician († 1844)
• 1777 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general († 1853)
• 1777 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic († 1844)
• 1781 » Mauro Giuliani, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1828)
• 1784 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet († 1839)
• 1812 » Thomas Lanier Clingman, American general and politician († 1897)
• 1818 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint († 1902)

• 1689 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
• 1759 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
• 1770 » Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
• 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
• 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
• 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
• 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 17 » American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".
• May 19 » New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky, was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada.
• May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
• August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
• November 4 » The Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II against Spanish rule in the Viceroyalty of Peru begins.

The temperature on July 27, 1780 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.